Several major incidents, such as the downing of two F-15E Strike Eagle pilots over Iran, have garnered significant attention, while other incidents have flown more under the radar. Now the Congressional Research Service says the total number of lost or damaged aerial vehicles could be as high as 42.
As well as losses to aircraft, 13 service members have been killed in the fighting, six of whom were on board one of the Stratotankers which went down over friendly territory.
More than 350 Americans are also thought to have been injured, amid a furor about not enough being done to protect troops in combat zones.
It always amazes me how expensive these toys are, when by the end of the first year of a conflict we’ll be hurling the cheapest most available thing at our disposal.
Servicemen and women…?
